Senior Software Engineer

Tigera provides Calico, a unified network security and observability platform to prevent, detect and mitigate security breaches in Kubernetes clusters. Tigera’s open-source offering, Calico Open Source, is the most widely adopted container networking and security solution. 

Powering more than 100M containers across 8M+ nodes in 166 countries, Calico software is supported across all major cloud providers and Kubernetes distributions, and is used by leading companies including Discover, Chipotle, NBCUniversal, HanseMerkur, Box, Siemens Healthineers, Playtech, Royal Bank of Canada, and Bell Canada.

As our team grows, we are looking for colleagues who not only share our passion for this work and growing our company, but who will also strengthen our company values and help ensure that Tigera remains a great place to work. At our core, our focus is on our customers, who are the heroes of our story; on aiming high and staying nimble in how we get there; on continuous learning to drive our success; and on respecting, collaborating, and supporting each other on a daily basis. 

If you are looking to help make a substantial impact, and our values and products align with your vision of your career growth, we want to hear from you!

Role Description

Tigera is looking for passionate and skilled software engineers to join us in our mission to secure the next generation of cloud native applications. At the heart of our strategy is an open source networking and security project called Calico that defines the new gold standard for application connectivity within large scale cloud environments, such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, and related technologies. Building upon this open source foundation, we are working on complementary commercial offerings to help enterprises build and operate cloud native applications and infrastructures, securely and at scale.

You will be joining a team that is highly engineering-focused with a culture that values diversity, collaboration, agility and innovation, keeping us one step ahead in the exciting and fast moving cloud-native technology space. The role will be hybrid, based out of our Cork city office.

Requirements

Must-Haves

• 8+ years of product-oriented software engineering experience.
• Experience with infrastructure or distributed systems oriented development using a language such as C/C++, Rust or Golang (Golang experience desirable).
• Experience with one or more of the following areas and technologies: Networking, Network Security, Kubernetes, Docker / Containers, OpenShift, related or similar.
• A drive to get things done in a highly collaborative, agile development environment.
• BS in CS or related / similar degree (equivalent experience may suffice).

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience developing, securing or operating cloud scale applications or infrastructure.
• Ability to travel occasionally to attend conferences and to work with partners, customers and colleagues in other offices within the US and internationally.
• Experience or familiarity with any of these technologies: Istio, Envoy, AI/ML, Python
• Experience with data pipelines, analytics, and modeling.
• Experience in an open source based company, with a focus on cloud, networking and/or network security.

But more than any specific experience, the most important criteria for success will be your talent, energy, and passion to help build and shape the future within a collaborative, agile, community-based environment.

With offices in San Francisco, San Jose, Vancouver (Canada), Cork (Ireland), and London (England), we have a thriving team of diverse individuals from all over the world. We believe in a collaborative, flexible work environment based on respect for, and commitment from, every employee. We also offer a competitive compensation package along with full health, vision, and dental benefits. These benefits, coupled with an amazing team of individuals who believe in our mission and value openness, collaboration, and teamwork, make Tigera an awesome place to work.